Results 19,021-19,032 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach should answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach should produce the papers.
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (3 Feb 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the Government has sought a derogation from the terms of the EU nitrates directive, particularly in view of the compelling evidence that nitrates are contributing substantially to the pollution of drinking water; the response he has received to the request; when he expects the directive to come...
- Written Answers — Heritage Liaison Group: Heritage Liaison Group (3 Feb 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the promised high-level heritage liaison group has been established; the details of its membership and terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2875/04]
- European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy did it well.
- European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: Exactly.
- European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: And of equals.
- European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: Yes.
- European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: I extend my best wishes to the Taoiseach, his Ministers and their civil servants who will be extremely busy over the next six months. All prospects of annual leave for them will have to take second place to the exigencies of the Presidency. We should all be aware of that. I welcome the presence in the Chamber of the European Union flag which is also being flown from a number of Government...
- European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach must do much more than that. It is important that a small member state such as Ireland be seen to try as much as possible to achieve a solution. If the prospect of failing deters intervention of the courageous kind in which Deputy John Bruton has exhorted the Taoiseach to engage and if such difficulties prevent him from using his undoubted skills of persuasion and negotiation,...
- European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: Yes, exactly, and they were not all property owners either. The current situation concerning the IGC and the search for a satisfactory compromise on the EU constitution was not of the Taoiseach's choosing. It is now a necessity, however, to continue the search for a compromise, effectively between Poland, Spain, Germany and France. The Taoiseach knows, as I do, that agreement is close, but...
- European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)
Ruairi Quinn: It is the nature and role of the small member states in the European Union, which with nothing to lose and no special interest make small interventions, to provide that unique stability. The Taoiseach can provide it if he has the courage to find it.